Teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): Teachers in primary education, female was 1.01 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) recorded 1.01 million for teachers in primary education, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) peaked at 1.01 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 295,728, in 1971.
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 144th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 342,411 | 295,728 | 399,238 | 10 |
| 1980s | 462,336 | 373,220 | 497,996 | 10 |
| 1990s | 598,669 | 491,925 | 704,963 | 10 |
| 2000s | 765,811 | 725,900 | 819,313 | 10 |
| 2010s | 897,103 | 824,107 | 997,685 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.00 million | 987,976 | 1.01 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
More education data for ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 52.63 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 24.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 16.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.55 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.2% (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 18.26 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 37.50 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 19.24 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) was 1.01 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The lowest recorded value was 295,728 in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 144th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release